Only Solution for Trump's "Less Expensive, Far Better" System: Medicare-for-All
Only Solution for Trump's "Less Expensive, Far Better" System: Medicare-for-All
Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
Writing for the New York Times on Thursday, Drew Altman, president and chief executive of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, discussed the findings of six focus groups conducted by the foundation in the Rust Belt region—"three with Trump voters who are enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and three with Trump voters receiving Medicaid."
"They were not, by and large, angry about their health care," Altman noted, "they were simply afraid they will be unable to afford coverage for themselves and their families."
When "asked about policies found in several Republican plans to replace the Affordable Care Act—including a tax credit to help defray the cost of premiums, a tax-preferred savings account and a large deductible typical of catastrophic coverage—several of these Trump voters recoiled, calling such proposals 'not insurance at all,'" he wrote. They also "expressed disbelief" when they were told Trump "might embrace a plan that included these elements."
